2025
2025
Vanessa Vineyard 2025 V Series White Blend
Canadian White
Pinot Blanc, Roussanne and Chardonnay are co-fermented after hand picking and whole-cluster pressing. Minimal skin contact preserves delicate flavours. Fresh stone fruit and tropical citrus accompany subtle herbal notes. The pale colour leads to a smooth, rounded palate with generous fruit, balanced acidity and a clean, lingering finish. The blend contains forty-six percent Pinot Blanc, thirty-nine percent Roussanne and fifteen percent Chardonnay.
Andréa Calek 2025 Blonde
French White
This Vin de France white is made entirely from Chardonnay. The grapes are pressed directly and begin spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, with no sulphur added. Alcohol is 12.5%. Andréa Calek works in Valvignières, a dry village in Ardèche, after experience with Dominique Hauvette and Gérald Oustric. His approach combines disciplined farming with low-intervention cellar work, and he makes the wines himself.
Faustino Rivero Ulecia 2025 Bierzo Godello
Spanish White
Clean, bright lemon-yellow colour carries golden highlights. Lime, floral notes and a herbaceous background accompany a fresh palate with good volume and a citrus finish. Godello grows in alluvial soils that combine clay, sand and pebbles. The wine spends three months on its lees without oak and contains 13% alcohol. This young white comes from Bierzo in northwestern Spain.
Ursa Major 2025 Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Organically farmed Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir come from Kaleden above Skaha Lake, while the Gamay grows at Mariani Vineyard in Naramata. Each grape fermented separately with ambient yeast in stainless steel after its own preparation: Cabernet Franc was hand-destemmed and soaked for 48 hours, Gamay was whole-cluster pressed, and Pinot Noir was direct pressed. The wine was blended, hand-bottled, unfined and unfiltered. Raspberry, watermelon, blood orange, rosemary, strawberry, basil, peppercorn and rose petal appear in the profile.
Peltier-Ravineau 2025 Balle dans le Pied Rouge
French Red
Gamay and Côt make this Vin de France red from the Loire Valley. After two years focused on farming, the growers began bottling their own wines from their project in Valaire. Their domaine covers five hectares, while some cuvées also use purchased fruit. Cellar vessels include fibreglass, old barrels and truncated wooden tanks, and pressing is handled with a vintage Vaslin press.
Peltier-Ravineau 2025 Balle dans le Pied Blanc
French White
Sauvignon makes this fresh, organically certified Vin de France white. After two years focused on farming, the two growers began bottling their own wines, having studied viticulture and oenology in Beaune and gained experience with local and Burgundian mentors. Their five-hectare project is based in Valaire, near Cheverny, and works with limestone and flint soils. Cellar vessels include fibreglass, old barrels and truncated wooden tanks.
Anthony Buchanan 2025 Blaufränkisch
Canadian Red
Blaufränkisch was destemmed without crushing and fermented with ambient yeast, with two punch-downs each day. Fourteen days on skins preceded draining and pressing. After settling overnight, the wine moved to a mix of third-fill French and neutral oak barrels. Natural malolactic fermentation and five and a half months on lees came before unfined, unfiltered bottling. The result is bright and fruit-forward, with some tannin.
Ursa Major 2025 This Cowboy Ain’t Leavin’ Gamay Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Gamay from nine-year-old vines grows in sandy loam and glacial gravel just outside Naramata. The southwest-facing slope was farmed by hand. Whole clusters were pressed directly into stainless steel for fermentation, then moved to neutral barrel with a 25 ppm sulphur addition. Eight months on gross lees preceded bottling without fining or filtration. Alcohol is 11.8%.
Little Farm Winery 2025 Pied de Cuve Cabernet Franc
Canadian Red
Dusky plum, dried herbs, balsamic notes, wild flowers and pink peppercorn appear with earthy character, crunchy acidity and feathery yet firm tannins. The Cabernet Franc comes from Blind Creek Vineyard in the Similkameen Valley. The fruit is foot-trodden and fermented on its skins with native yeast for a couple of weeks, then gently pressed. The wine spends one year in stainless steel and is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Production totals sixty cases.
Pamplemousse Jus 2025 Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Drawn from Edgewood Vineyard, this British Columbia rosé contains 12.9 percent alcohol. It comes from a Summerland winery run by James Langford-Smith, Jordan Kubek and Tyler Knight. Each partner brought more than a decade of experience across the wine trade, while the team maintains the farm, tends the vineyard and makes the wines at the property.
Pamplemousse Jus 2025 Table White
Canadian White
Floral and fruity, this table white is naturally fermented, unfined and unfiltered. It is made entirely in stainless steel and presents a round profile. The fruit comes from Summerland, British Columbia. The winery is run by three partners with more than a decade of experience across the wine trade, and its farm, vineyard and cellar work are handled within the team.
Abbazia di Novacella 2025 Pinot Grigio Alto Adige
Italian White
Pale straw colour accompanies citrus, peach and honeydew melon. The wine is medium-rich, fruity and direct, with orchard fruit. Tangy acidity appears on the finish. Vineyards stand between 600 and 700 metres on permeable moraine deposits of mica schist, paragneiss and quartzite. Grapes are harvested by hand; three quarters ferment and mature for six months in stainless steel, with one quarter in large oak casks.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2025 Vin Rosé
French Rosé
Seventy percent Gamay and thirty percent Côt make up this Loire rosé. The fruit comes from organically farmed vineyards in Touraine, and the wine carries the Vin de France designation. Wild strawberry, redcurrant, citrus and a floral note are joined by a lively palate, crisp acidity and a salivating finish. Indigenous yeasts conduct fermentation, preserving the fresh fruit character. Alcohol is twelve percent.
Ursa Major 2025 Alchemy’s First Law of Equivalent Change
Canadian White
Tangerine rind, peach tea and apricot blossom meet fresh kumquat, salted grapefruit, dandelion and lemon oil. Muscat and Chardonnay were harvested together from organically farmed vines in Kaleden, then hand-destemmed and fermented with wild yeast. Six days of skin contact preceded basket pressing into stainless steel. The wine was hand-bottled unfined and unfiltered after a small sulphur addition.
Else 2025 Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
A winter freeze left the project without fruit the previous year; friends at Joie supplied grapes from Secrest Mountain Vineyard in Oliver, British Columbia. They were picked on September third. The Pinot Noir was destemmed, fermented by wild yeasts and kept on skins for fifteen days. Ageing lasted six months in neutral French oak, and the wine contains 11.4 percent alcohol.
Ursa Major 2025 Boo-Hoo, Amiright?
Canadian White
Made from Chardonnay grown just outside Naramata, the vines are nine years old and rooted in sandy loam and glacial gravel. The south-west-facing slope is farmed entirely by hand. Whole clusters are pressed into neutral barrels for fermentation and maturation. After eight months on gross lees, the wine is racked and bottled by gravity without fining or filtration, with twenty-five parts per million of sulphur dioxide.
Lyrarakis 2025 Psarades Dafni PGI Crete
Greek White
Bay leaf, rosemary, lemon, grapefruit, sour orange and citrus blossom form the herbal and citrus profile of this dry white. Made entirely from Dafni, it comes from the Psarades vineyard in Crete. The site sits at an average 468 metres on marly limestone and sandstone, while the wine has a refreshing mouthfeel and an intense aftertaste.
Bodegas Contreras Ruiz 2025 El Sueño del Niño Moscatel de Alejandría
Spanish White
Made from Moscatel de Alejandría grown around Rociana del Condado, the grapes are harvested by hand in boxes during the third week of August. Winemaking includes skin contact, stainless-steel fermentation and six months on the lees, with a portion in French oak. The profile includes floral, citrus and Mediterranean-infusion notes, along with freshness, roundness, fruit and mineral tension.
French Door Estate Winery 2025 Rosé Okanagan Valley
Canadian Rosé
The aromas include wild strawberry, cherry and rose petals. The palate has watermelon, redcurrant, bright fruit and crisp energy, with a clean, savoury finish. Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Pinot Noir were direct-pressed and fermented separately in stainless steel at cool temperatures. The wine remained on gross lees for one month, was blended, and spent four months in tank before bottling.
Cantina Terlano 2025 Pinot Grigio
Italian White
Light straw yellow in colour, the wine carries grapefruit, white peach, lychee and floral notes. The palate is rounded and soft, with harmonious acidity, black-tea spice, melon, mango and fine minerality. Grapes are hand-picked and selected, then gently whole-cluster pressed. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, followed by about six months on fine lees in steel.
La Rivolta 2025 Le Mongolfiere a San Bruno Aglianico del Taburno Rosato
Italian Rosé
Cerasuolo pink colour accompanies floral notes and a light fruit character led by strawberry. The palate is lively and flowing, with clear salinity. Aglianico accounts for the entire blend. Fermentation and maturation take place in stainless steel, and the wine records 14.5 percent alcohol. The grapes are organically grown in Campania under the Aglianico del Taburno designation.
Mandrarossa 2025 Sentiero delle Gerle Etna Bianco DOC
Italian White
Ripe white fruit and orange blossom sit with light sulphurous touches. The palate is savoury and continuous, with dynamic development and a persistent finish carrying floral and balsamic notes. Carricante ferments for twenty-five to thirty days at controlled temperature, then matures on fine lees in stainless steel for twelve to fifteen months. Production totals 12,000 bottles.
Heidi Schröck & Söhne 2025 Tour de Rosé
Austrian Rosé
Berry and cherry fruit notes accompany rose petals, lavender and sage. The wine is modestly tangy, with delicate saline elements and harmonious acidity. The blend includes Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt, Sankt Laurent, Syrah, Merlot, Lagrein, Teroldego, Petit Verdot and Pinot Noir. This dry rosé comes from Burgenland in Austria. The finished wine contains 13.5 percent alcohol.
Saget La Petite Perrière 2025 Pinot Noir Rosé
French Rosé
Pale and lightly pink in the glass, with a delicate aromatic profile centred on rose petal, grenadine and fresh red berries. The fruit remains clear rather than heavy, allowing the floral note to stay present from the opening through the finish. Its character is restrained and finely drawn, with soft berry detail, gentle perfume and a composed, subtly expressive close.
Tue-Boeuf 2025 Vin Blanc VDF
French White
Bright citrus and tropical fruit open with lychee, gooseberry and a lifted aromatic edge. The palate is vivid and mouth-watering, driven by lively acidity and a clean, energetic line. A small Chardonnay component brings subtle breadth through the centre, softening the Sauvignon Blanc’s sharper contours without muting its freshness. With air, the aromatics settle into a more composed, gently layered finish of citrus, tropical fruit and crisp green fruit.
Moon Curser 2025 Dolcetto
Canadian Red
Ripe blackberry, cherry and plum lead, with violet, gentle spice and the variety's lightly bitter edge. Unoaked and raised in stainless steel, the palate stays juicy and medium-bodied, with fresh acidity, modest tannin and a clean, savoury finish. Serve slightly cool with pizza, grilled sausages, tomato-based pasta or roast vegetables.
Mt. Boucherie 2025 White Label Blaufränkisch
Canadian Red
Medium-bodied and savoury, with wild blueberry, sour cherry and dark plum layered over baking spice, black walnut and a faint meaty note. Four months in neutral oak keeps the fruit clear while adding gentle texture. Fresh acidity and fine tannins carry the focused finish. Pair with grilled sausage, roast duck, mushrooms or lentil dishes.
Marichel 2025 Silvertip Sparkling Syrah
Canadian Sparkling
Marichel gives its Naramata Bench Syrah a sparkling expression in this distinctive estate bottling. The wine brings the grape's dark-fruited, savoury character into a brighter, celebratory frame, with bubbles providing lift and energy. Serve well chilled as an aperitif or with charcuterie, smoked salmon or crisp fried dishes.
Vanessa Vineyard 2025 Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Fresh strawberry and red cherry lead, with a light herbal note bringing savoury lift. The palate is dry, elegant and finely balanced, combining delicate fruit with crisp acidity and a clean, lingering finish. Serve well chilled with salmon, prawn skewers, summer salads, roast chicken or creamy goat cheese.
Luigi Baudana 2025 Dragon Langhe Bianco
Italian White
Crisp pear and green apple lead, with lemon, meadow herbs, hay and fresh sage adding aromatic detail. The palate is dry, bright and finely textured, carrying orchard fruit through lively acidity to a clean, mineral finish. It suits oysters, grilled white fish, fresh goat cheese, vegetable risotto or herb-led salads.